I really enjoyed exploring the topic of concept mapping for our class activity. I used Webspiration to make a concept map of all of the web2.0 tools that our class investigated. Much more needs to be added, but you can see it at this link:
http://www.mywebspiration.com/view/785761a34dc6
Looking at all of the work of other students in class was awsome! I made a survey using Survey Monkey and the instructions I got from Jessica's wiki page. This is very valuable for my action research project because I need to give a pretest to the teachers at my school to find out what kind of staff development they need in working with ELLs. It will also be great to evaluate the needs of my students.
I explored immersive environments with Angela's wiki and was introduced to Secondlife and Secret Builders. I also made a photo video montage using One True Media and liked it so much that I subscribed to it! Thanks to Geri, I can use that to display my personal photos and my students can use it to present their classwork! You can see my video of the trip to Chicago that I took with my son at this link:
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=d77952ff6cd8af22a33585&skin_id=1702&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
(I need to learn how to imbed videos)
There's still more of our classmates' work that I need to review, including timelines, Googlesites and Weebly. I like the website that Emily made using Weebly and the Facebook page that Andrew made.
This activity was a great way to introduce people to all of the tools that are available. It almost feels like Christmas!
Sara, you can imbed videos pretty easily if the site you are using has a "Share" button. Simply click on that and it will give you a few options for imbeding your video or image.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, thanks for introducing us to Webspiration. I can see so many uses for it.
If you want to embed a video, you need to be able to get into the HTML code which you can do in many web programs. You just copy and paste the embed code. I haven't succeeded in doing it in PowerPoint yet. Otherwise, you can always link to it just like YouTube.
ReplyDeleteI like your video of Chicago. I can see kids doing this with their Flip cameras and cellphone pictures on field trips. I've also used Animoto for this same purpose.